How can the mental health and well-being of older adults with dementia and their families be improved at the time of and following discharge into the

该研究旨在解决老年痴呆症患者及其家人和照顾者的心理健康和福祉如何在出院时和出院后得到改善。该研究将使用人种学和混合方法来解决老年痴呆诊断的心理社会健康问题。将实施经过验证的工具和定性访谈，以发现痴呆症诊断的老年人及其家庭成员在出院进入社区后是否以及为什么会出现抑郁、孤独和社会孤立。该研究旨在寻找机会，以改善痴呆症患者在出院和回家体验期间的心理社会健康，并随后改善出院过程。它还旨在通过定性研究和对现有定量数据集的仔细审查，确定在出院时和在社区有效支持社会心理和社会福利的社会和保健服务。

The research aims to address how the mental health and wellbeing, of older adults with dementia and their families and carers, can be improved at the time of and following discharge into the community. The study will use ethnographic and mixed methods approaches to address the psycho-social well- being of older adults with a dementia diagnosis. Validated tools and qualitative interviews will be implemented to discover if and why depression, loneliness and social isolation are present in older adults with a dementia diagnosis and their family members, upon discharge into the community. The study seeks to identify opportunities to improve the psycho-social well-being of patients with dementia during the discharge and return to home experience and subsequently improve the discharge process overall. It also aims to identify social and health services that support psycho- social wellbeing effectively at discharge and in the community, through a qualitative study and a close examination of a pre-existing quantitative data set.